While I love T4x series and still own and use several T43/p units on daily basis, if you have a chance to move to something with dual core CPU that would be my advice.
BTW, not all T43s had SXGA+ screens, and not all of them were dim... you wouldn't be able to use your CPU, fan or RAM in the T43/p either... Stay away from T61/p units with nVidia GPUs, everything else was built pretty solid. Happy hunting. Cheers, George -----Original Message----- From: christiaan cruz <[email protected]> To: thinkpad <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, Aug 27, 2011 3:55 pm Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] re-flow, replacement, or x64 Well I tried the re-flow but my foil cover was too tight and trapped air under and over the board instead of insulating it. Great smoke and fireworks show though. My LCD has a row of dead pixels on its right side too; always been too dim to use in daylight. I've looked at prices on replacement LCDs and Intel R5x boards but a whole used laptop seems cheaper. I have lots of life left on my 9cell and ultrabay batteries. The problem I foresee is if I buy a t43 I will feel very underwhelmed by the dim SXGA. Will the 2GHz CPU + my 2GB of memory be fast enough to edit/render HD video at reasonable speeds? Or is x64 and 4GB+ memory the only way to go? The cool thing about the tXX series was that they were thin cheap and sturdy. Age, lots of wear and useage showed that the dim LCD and bad GPUs were not so great though. Is the t43 the best and brightest performer of the bunch for these batteries? Or is buying into a newer brighter and better x64 system better than holding on to the old batteries and aged slower performers? On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 5:56 PM, > What you're looking at is an usual set of symptoms for GPU detachment which > is an extremely common problem on T4x units. > > Three fixes: > > a) Replace the system board > > b) Re-flow the board yourself > > c) Replace the board with an Intel based board from R51. > > More on these subjects: > > http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=57021 > > http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=65505 > > http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=90207 > > http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=33952 > > Good luck. > > Cheers, > > George > > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
